GRE Word List
PERT
saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
The meaning of the word pert is saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| dally | to act playfully |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |